Chamberlain had declared war on Germany on September 3, 1939, but Winston Churchill then became prime minister on May 10, 1940. Even though he was against communism, he joined forces with Stalin to stop the Nazis. Stalin brought the Soviet Union into a non-aggression pact with Germany in 1939, which enabled him to annex Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and parts of Romania. In 1940, Franklin Roosevelt helped congress sign the Lend-lease which kept the U.S. neutral while still being able to help the Allies, but in 1941 when Japan attacks Pearl Harbour, America declares war. Congress gave F.D.R. full authority over farming, manufacturing, labor, prices, wages, transportation, and allotment of raw materials. Executive order 9066 imprisons many Japanese-Americans on U.S. soil. Roosevelt helped the Allies liberate Paris on June 6, 1944 which later became known as D-Day. When he died in 1945, Harry Truman became president after only 82 days as the vice-president. On May 7th, Germany surrenders and Hitler commits suicide. When Truman discovers he can save a quarter of a million American lives by dropping atomic bombs in Japan, that’s exactly what he did. On August 6, 1945, the U.S. bombed Hiroshima, and then on August 9, bombed Nagasaki. Japan surrenders on August 15. After the war, Stalin tried to force communism on Europe. Truman signed a doctrine which would fight
Chamberlain had declared war on Germany on September 3, 1939, but Winston Churchill then became prime minister on May 10, 1940. Even though he was against communism, he joined forces with Stalin to stop the Nazis. Stalin brought the Soviet Union into a non-aggression pact with Germany in 1939, which enabled him to annex Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and parts of Romania. In 1940, Franklin Roosevelt helped congress sign the Lend-lease which kept the U.S. neutral while still being able to help the Allies, but in 1941 when Japan attacks Pearl Harbour, America declares war. Congress gave F.D.R. full authority over farming, manufacturing, labor, prices, wages, transportation, and allotment of raw materials. Executive order 9066 imprisons many Japanese-Americans on U.S. soil. Roosevelt helped the Allies liberate Paris on June 6, 1944 which later became known as D-Day. When he died in 1945, Harry Truman became president after only 82 days as the vice-president. On May 7th, Germany surrenders and Hitler commits suicide. When Truman discovers he can save a quarter of a million American lives by dropping atomic bombs in Japan, that’s exactly what he did. On August 6, 1945, the U.S. bombed Hiroshima, and then on August 9, bombed Nagasaki. Japan surrenders on August 15. After the war, Stalin tried to force communism on Europe. Truman signed a doctrine which would fight